Lia Chang Photos and Video: Obba Babatunde and cast members from the original cast of Dreamgirls perform at Carnegie Hall in The Black Stars of The Great White Way Broadway Reunion: Live The Dream

Obba Babatunde and cast members from the original cast of Dreamgirls, performed “Steppin’ to the Bad Side,” at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday, June 23, 2014, as part of The Black Stars of The Great White Way Broadway Reunion: Live The Dream.

Obba Babatunde and members of the original cast of Dreamgirls sang “Steppin’ to the Bad Side” as part of The Black Stars of The Great White Way Broadway Reunion: Live The Dream at Carnegie Hall on June 23, 2014. Photo by Lia Chang

Chapman Roberts and Norm Lewis. Photo by Lia Chang

The black tie gala concert presented by Norm Lewis, Chapman Roberts, David H. Greer, Paula Marie Black, Stephen C. Byrd, in association with Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art, Queensborough Performing Arts Center and the California African American Museum, was an all-male tribute honoring jazz musicians Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington, and Paul Robeson that celebrated 100 years of jazz at Carnegie Hall, on Broadway and the 40th Anniversary of The Wiz, and featured the largest cast of African American Men of the Broadway stage at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.

“Not once during the show was the word “diva” uttered. When “the original cast of ‘Dreamgirls’ ” was announced, there was not a fictional Supreme in sight. Instead, a nine-man ensemble sang a hearty rendition of “Steppin’ to the Bad Side,” one of the strongest numbers in “Dreamgirls.”

Check out the video excerpt of Obba Babatunde and cast members from the original cast of Dreamgirls.

Featured performers included Guy Davis, Longineu Parsons, Norm Lewis, Keith David, Chuck Cooper, André De Shields, Ben Vereen, Brandon Victor Dixon, Clifton Davis, cast members from the original cast of Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk and more. The program also featured the New York premieres of David Alan Bunn’s Live The Dream Overture – A Soulful Fanfare and Chapman Roberts/William Foster McDaniel Legacy, in additions to selections by Blake, Jordan, Waller / Henderson, Ellington, and other Broadway favorites. Check back for my featured highlights of the night in photos and video.

The veritable who’s who of performers, dancers, musicians and composers including: